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What's the middle-aged brain good at? And how to keep it healthy: Nothing new but a good reminder

Did you know the brain is best at financial planning when its owner is 53? That vocabulary is best in the 60s or 70s? That's what we're told in this short clip from ABC News. Click to watch "Baby Boomer Brain Power" which includes some simple tips on keeping your brain functioning well. Those tips are, of course, related to diet, exercise, and stress prevention.

Keeping the Brain Sharp With AgeDr. Gary Small, UCLA's Parlow–Solomon Professor on Aging and a professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, was interviewed Monday on ABC’s “World News Tonight” about brain function during middle age and how to keep our cognitive skills sharp as we get older.